Motor-vehicle.



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AXEL W. SANDELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOISJ ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO JACOB LAUTH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MOTOR-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `Patent No. 741,931, dated October 20, 1903.

Application tiled October 18J 1902. Serial No. 127,840. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that LAXEL W. SANDELL,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook'and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to the driving-axles and compensating gears ot' motor-vehicles; and my primary object is to simplify and strengthen the construction of this portion of the vehicle.

My invention is illustrated in its preferre embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents aview of the complete axle and compensating gear; Fig. 2, an enlarged broken sectional view takenas indicated at line 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a section taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 2.,

In the construction shown, A represents a divided axle comprising sections A A2; B, a compensating gear connected with the axlesections; C, journal-boxes of any suitable constructionin which the axle is journaled and which serve to support the vehiclesprings, and D D brakes of any suitable construction applied to the axlesections at the inner` ends of'the journal-boxes.

The axle-sections A and AA2 are of the same diameter, and the section A has a reduced inner end portion d, which fits snugly but revolubly within a bore or socket with which the adjacent end of the section A2 is provided. Thus the section A2 has, in effect, a sleeve extension a', the end of which abuts against a shoulder azat the base of the reduced extension d, while the extremity of the extension a abuts against the bottom of the bore. Upon the axle s journaled a sleeve or i hollow member b, equipped with a plurality any movement upon their respective axlesections and mayj be secured by shrinking them upon the axle-sections and passing pins through, as shown. Journaled upon the axlese'ctions and the hubs d2 are casing-sections ff', counterbored at the inner sides of their hub portions, as shown, to receive the hubs d2, the bottoms of the counterbores abutting against the ends of the hubs d2. The casingsections have meeting edges f 2, provided with half circular radial grooves which form sockets for the portions c3 of the bearings c, and circumferential flanges f3 are provided nearthe meeting edges of the casing-sections, between which is secured a sprocket-wheelf4. The casing-sections and the sprocket-wheelare secured together by bolts f 5 passing through said flanges and through the wheel.

It will be perceived that the casing really comprises the body of the sprocket-wheel, that the casing and sleeve Z9 revolve with the sprocket-wheel, that power can be transmitted through the pinions and bevelgears to the axle-sections, and that one axle-section may stop while the other continues to rotate when the vehicle turns. The casing evidently serves to prevent separation of the axle-sections by force transmitted through the casing-section hubs to the hubs d2 of the bevel-gears. It is noteworthy that the axle is strengthened by the member b fitting over the joint at the shoulder a2 and again bythe bevel-gears tting over the member l) and still again by the casing-hubs fitting over the bevel-gear hubs.

While I have shown what is commonly known as a divided axle, it is obvious that many advantages of the present construction would be retained if the extension ct ofthe axlesection A' were to be prolonged and supplied with a spindle, and the bore which receives it correspondingly prolonged till the axle- IOO section A2 becomes a sleeve throughout its length, to which the corresponding wheel is fixed. The compensating gear could ofcourse be located near the right-hand journal-box. Obviously, also, it Would be Within the scope of my invention to form the rigid extension a, on I[he axle-section A in any practicable manner. The preferred method is to turn down a solid axle-section to form the extension.

' Changes in minor details of construction Within the spirit of my invention may be made. Hence no undue limitations should be understood from the foregoing detailed description.

What l regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination, two axle-sections having abutting shoulders, a central sleeve covering the joint of said axle-sections, bevelgears facing each other each gear being fixed to anaxle-section and having a recess receiving an end of the sleeve, casing-sections each having a recess receiving a hub portion ot' one of said gears, said casing-sections being connected together, bevel-pinions meshing with said gears, and journals for said pinions each confined at its ends respectively in a socket in the sleeve and a socket between-the casing-sections, and Veach having a collar conning the pinion.

2. In combination, two axle-sections one of which has a reduced end entering a recess in the othervsection the ends ot' the sections abutting against each other, a sleeve covering the joint of said sections, bevel-gears facing each other each gear being fixed to an axle-section and havinga recess receiving an end of the sleeve, casing-sections each having a recess receiving a hub portion of one of said gears, a sprocket-ring interposed between and connected to said casing-sections,

` a plurality of bevel-pinions meshing with said gears, and journals for the pinions each confined at its ends respectively in a recess in the sleeve and in a recess between the casing-sections, and a collar on each journal confining the pinion thereon.

AXEL W. SANDELL. In presence of- L. HEIsLAR, ALBERT D. BACCI. 

